We obsess over them because, well, they’re new. Or at least we think they are. But, as the Book Of Ecclesiastes reminds us, there is no new thing under the sun. Wired’s Arielle Pardes stumbled across what appears to be a fidget spinner dating back to roughly 1800 BC.

This particular spinner, however, featured “animal heads,” marking an evolution of the toy that, based on a cursory Google search, we have yet to exploit.

The image of hyperactive kids in ancient Babylonia seems to have captivated the minds of fidget spinner fans everywhere:

middle-aged lady: kids these days with their silly fidget toys *dramatic sigh* it didnt use to be like this beforekids from before: https://t.co/WISwTAzM34